Rookie Year Presented Challenges for Robinson

LAWRENCE — They say that every NBA rookie will have that moment where they realize professional basketball is a business. But for Thomas Robinson, those moments were never-ending. His first season, in the NBA felt more like five long years, boiled down into one season of turbulence. Robinson, the former Kansas star, was traded twice, struggled to live up to his billing as a top-five pick, and is now preparing for his third city in 12 months.